Overview
- Cuba declared two days of national mourning and labeled the U.S. raid an act of criminal aggression and state terrorism.
- Officials said the dead served under the Armed Forces and Interior Ministry on missions requested by Venezuela, with no names or ranks released.
- U.S. military leaders described a large-scale mission using about 150 aircraft that lasted roughly two hours and 20 minutes.
- Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured and transported to New York to face U.S. charges described as a narco-terrorism conspiracy.
- Casualty figures remain disputed, with Washington reporting no U.S. deaths and a few wounded, Venezuela withholding totals, and an anonymous Venezuelan official claiming about 80 overall.